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Ben Lake vs Joe Powell

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Joe Powell voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

121 same votes 157 different votes 278 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 7 No
Migration 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
36 Aye 18 No
Tax 24% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 32% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 38% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
236
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
123
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API